Humboldt, NE.
Named for explorer Alexander Von Humboldt
Erected 2006 by Edward & Verneta Carsh Trust and the Humboldt Community Foundation.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Exploration • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1873.
Location. 40° 9.823′ N, 95° 56.76′ W. Marker is in Humboldt, Nebraska, in Richardson County. It is on 4th Street just east of East Square, on the right when traveling east. The marker is painted on the north wall of the building at this address. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 332 East Square, Humboldt NE 68376, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Nebraska. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and on the prairies. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 4 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as
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Also see . . . Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) (Wikipedia).
Excerpt: Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography, while his advocacy of long-term systematic geophysical measurement pioneered modern geomagnetic and meteorological monitoring.(Submitted on June 21, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)Between 1799 and 1804, Humboldt travelled extensively in the Americas, exploring and describing them for the first time from a non-Spanish European scientific point of view. On these travels, along with French explorer Aimι Bonpland, he traversed thousands of miles through some of the most difficult and little-known places on Earth, to include identifying the source of the Orinoco River and in 1802 climbing the highest mountain in Ecuador to a height of 19,286 feet, at the time a world record altitude for a Westerner. His description of the journey was written up and published in several volumes over 21 years. In 1800, and again in 1831, he described scientifically, on the basis of observations generated during his travels, local impacts of development causing human-induced climate change. Humboldt is seen as the father of ecology and the father of environmentalism.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 21, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 8 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 21, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
